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Scott Bakula

  • Birthplace: St Louis, Missouri
  • Birthday: October 9, 1954

Blessed with handsome, yet unremarkable features and a genial Midwestern charm that ideally suited him to the small screen, charismatic Everyman Scott Bakula gained a dedicated cult following as Dr. Sam Beckett, the time-traveling, identity-shifting protagonist of the humanistic sci-fi series "Quantum Leap" (NBC, 1989-93). He caught the acting bug as a small child, split his time between plays and athletics in high school, and left the University of Kansas to pursue community theater in his native St Louis before relocating to NYC in …more

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Career Milestones

  • 2001 to 0000

    Headed the cast of Enterprise (UPN)

  • 2000

    Co-starred in the romantic comedy Luminarias

  • 2000

    Defended wrongfully-accused, sheep-killing, Missouri hunting dog in The Trial of Old Drum , the first original movie from the Animal Planet network; based on a true story from the 1950s

  • 2000

    Portrayed death-row inmate who asks the parents of the child he murdered to raise his daughter after his execution in the CBS movie In the Name of the People

  • 1999

    Played featured role as a gay neighbor in American Beauty

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Awards

  • 1999

    Online Film Critics Society Award: Best Ensemble

  • 1993

    Viewers for Quality Television Award: Best Actor in a Quality Series

  • 1992

    Golden Globe Award: Best Actor in a Drama Series

  • 1992

    Viewers for Quality Television Award: Best Actor in a Quality Series

  • 1991

    Viewers for Quality Television Award: Best Actor in a Quality Series

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